hmmm - took another look at those diagrams. Actually I misread them the first time. You have it correct. I see now that you have the drivers in the office, not in the file.
Now you just need to expand on the things that are in the odb file. I am going to split this off to a different thread though, so that it doesn't get too confusing. OK On 10/2/07, Andreas Saeger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I would like to see in a Base tutorial is a rough description of > database documents (*.odb) as containers, storing connections to various > types of sources together with it's own queries, forms and reports. > Embedded hsqldb appears to me as the exception to the rule that odb does > not store any table-data at all. > > The first contact with dialog File>New>Database... is rather confusing > when you don't know about odb-containers. > [1] "new database" > [2] "open existing" > [3] "connect to existing" > The first always creates the native embedded type. The second is > basically the same as File>Open...(*.odb). The third option may require > some extra knowlege (o/jdbc) and you get a new odb-document anyway, > although you did not ask for a "Base database". > > A first overview should also include the concept of registration. > > Writing about queries there should be a short description on "direct sql > mode". > > Sometimes a picture can tell more than words. The following draft > illustrates my limited skills in both components Base and Draw: > http://www.mediafire.com/?dyozwotvd1y > > Something like this, you know. To be edited by a more knowingly Base > expert, leaving out most of the internal details. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]